There's a fire starting in my heart, Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark. Finally I can see you crystal clear Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay you bare.
See how I'll leave, with every piece of you Don't underestimate the things that I will do.
There's a fire starting in my heart, Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark.
The scars of your love, remind me of us. They keep me thinking that we almost had it all The scars of your love, they leave me breathless I can't help feeling
We could have had it all Rolling in the deep You had my heart inside your hand And you played it To the beat
Baby I have no story to be told But I've heard one of you and I'm gonna make your head burn, Think of me in the depths of your despair Making a home down there as mine sure won't be shared
The scars of your love, remind you of us. They keep me thinking that we almost had it all The scars of your love, they leave me breathless I can't help feeling
We could have had it all Rolling in the deep You had my heart inside your hand And you played it To the beat
We could have had it all Rolling in the deep You had my heart inside your hand But you played it With a beating
Throw your soul through every open door Count your blessings to find what you look for Turn my sorrow into treasured gold You pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow
We could have had it all We could have had it all We could have had it all Rolling in the deep You had my heart inside your hand And you played it to the beat
We could have had it all Rolling in the deep You had my heart inside your hand But you played it, You played it, You played it You played it to the beat
Painful love: Fire in my heart, scars of your love, head burn, heart inside of hands, playing (the heart) to the beat
Negativity: Lay you bare, scars of love, rolling in the deep, depths of your despair
Revenge: I'll lay you bare,
Details
"Finally I can see you" - Finally, implying that before this she did not really know him
The home we shared- they had made a home/life together
sorrow into treasured gold- he treasures her sorrow
every open door- takes every opportunity
Language
Images to show how painful love it
-Fire starting in my heart
-scars of your love
Syntax
Tone
Bitter, vengeful tone full of hurt from the betrayal that she suffered.
Thesis:
The song uses painful images and passionate, dark diction to express the pain of betrayal that felt like drowning.
"Rolling in the Deep"
Adele
There's a fire starting in my heart,
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark.
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay you bare.
See how I'll leave, with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do.
There's a fire starting in my heart,
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark.
The scars of your love, remind me of us.
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside your hand
And you played it
To the beat
Baby I have no story to be told
But I've heard one of you and I'm gonna make your head burn,
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Making a home down there as mine sure won't be shared
The scars of your love, remind you of us.
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside your hand
And you played it
To the beat
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside your hand
But you played it
With a beating
Throw your soul through every open door
Count your blessings to find what you look for
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold
You pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow
We could have had it all
We could have had it all
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside your hand
And you played it to the beat
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside your hand
But you played it,
You played it,
You played it
You played it to the beat
Diction
passion: Fire, heart, love, breathless, burn, feelingdark: fever, dark, bare, leave, underestimate, scars, deep, beat, burn, depths, despair, sorrow, reap
Actions:
(Positive) Starting, reaching, bringing, see, thinking, feeling, heard, making, sow
(Negative) sell, lay, leave, underestimate, remind, rolling (In the deep), played, burn, throw, turned, pay, reap
Imagery
Painful love: Fire in my heart, scars of your love, head burn, heart inside of hands, playing (the heart) to the beatNegativity: Lay you bare, scars of love, rolling in the deep, depths of your despair
Revenge: I'll lay you bare,
Details
"Finally I can see you" - Finally, implying that before this she did not really know himThe home we shared- they had made a home/life together
sorrow into treasured gold- he treasures her sorrow
every open door- takes every opportunity
Language
Images to show how painful love it-Fire starting in my heart
-scars of your love
Syntax
Tone
Bitter, vengeful tone full of hurt from the betrayal that she suffered.Thesis:
The song uses painful images and passionate, dark diction to express the pain of betrayal that felt like drowning.